Actuating means for radiator-protectors.



W. .l. SUTCLIFFE. ACTUATING MEANS FOR RADIATOR PROTECTORS.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 2.1917- Patented June 4:, 1918.

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Imventor;

WILLIS J. SUTCLIFFE, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

AGTUATING MEANS FOR RADIATOR-PROTECTORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June a, 191$.

Application filed. July 2, 1917. Serial No. 178,300.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS J. SUTOLIFFE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Actuating Means forRadiator-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in actuating means for radiatorprotectors, and the object of my improvement is to supply for a movablecover for a radiator of an automobile means operable to shift the samein one direction combined with other means for resiliently retracting itand supporting it in a proper relation to the radiator.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the hood of an automobileshowing my improved cover and the actuating means therefor mounted overthe radiator, with the cover drawn up, and Fig. 2 is a like view, butshowing the cover retracted to uncover the radiator.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral vlews.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 2 denotes a frame mounted on thehood 9 around the radiator 13. This frame at the top 10 and sides 2 hasinturned edges which thus inclose and provide a runway for a flexiblecurtain l and its top cross-bar 5. The lower end of the curtain issecured on a roller 4 to be wound thereon, the pintles of said rollerbeing rotatably mounted in bearing openings in end-plates 3 projectingforwardly from the lower part of said frame.

A spool or winding-drum 6 is fixed upon one end of one of said pintles,and a cable 7 is secured thereto to be wound thereon, the cable thenbeing carried rearwardly through an opening 8 in the hood and within theCopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe rection, Winding up the apron,

hood, to be then passed through an opening in the dashboard for theconvenience ofv the user.

A lazy-tongs 12 is positioned in front of the apron 1, having its lowerend fastened to the middle of a crossbar .ll of said frame, while itsupper end is fastened to the middle of the cross-bar 5 of the apron.

A helical tension spring 11 has its upper end secured to the middle ofthe frame-part 10, and extends downwardly over said lazytongs with itslower end secured to one of the pivotal connections of the latter.

hen the cable 7 is free, the tension of the spring 11 will unroll theapron 1 to cover the face of the radiator 13, the lazytongs extending.To uncover the radiator, a pull on the cable will unwind it from thedrum 6 to rotate the roller in a reverse dicollapsing the lazy-tongs andplacing the spring under tension, and the cable can then be secured inany convenient way to retain said parts in said positions.

The lazy-tongs affords a support to the apron 1, and, in conjunctionwith the side runways of the frame 2, serves to keep the apron close tothe radiator face, preventing cold air from passing therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

In a device of the character described, an apron, a fixed support, ayieldable resilient connection between said support and said apronadapted to shift the apron in one direction, a lazy-tongs also connectedbetween said fixed' support and said apron, and actuating-meansconnected to said apron adapted to move it in a reverse direction whileplacing said resilient connection under tension and collapsing saidlazytongs.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 14th day of June, 1917.

WILLIS J. SUTCLIFFE.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

